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Layoffs At Eve Online Developer

It is never good to hear that good people who are passionate about their product have lost their jobs but that is exactly what has happened at Eve Online developer CCP. An official statement reads as such:

“As part of our strategy to focus on the EVE Universe, today CCP conducted a restructuring that resulted in the layoff of 49 people in our publishing organization. Though it is hard to say goodbye to our friends and family, this action concludes the process we started several months ago. CCP has provided severance packages and job placement assistance for those affected.

“Development teams and plans for EVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and ‘Project Legion‘ are not impacted by the restructuring.”

This is the second round of layoffs in recent history for the company as it was only back in April that layoffs occurred after the cancellation…